Demographics of Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana

Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana had 35,469 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +895 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Butte-Silver Bow (balance), in four figures

35,469
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 35,052 ±191.; +2.6%
Change since July 2020: +895 people.; 40.6 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,857 ±$3,949
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana's population grew 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana's population grew 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,574	100.0	100.0
2021	34,858	100.8	100.2
2022	35,178	101.7	100.7
2023	35,472	102.6	101.6
2024	35,442	102.5	102.5
2025	35,469	102.6	103.1

Population of Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	34,574	—
2021	34,858	+284
2022	35,178	+320
2023	35,472	+294
2024	35,442	−30
2025	35,469	+27

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.6 ±0.8: for men 38.5 ±1.0 and for women 42.1 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Montana	United States
Under 5	1,778 ±135	5.1% ±0.4	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,287 ±394	15.1% ±1.1	15.8% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,809 ±476	10.9% ±1.4	9.0% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,635 ±425	24.6% ±1.2	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,707 ±459	24.8% ±1.3	24.1% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,836 ±510	19.5% ±1.4	20.1% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,857 ±$3,949, and income per person $36,035 ±$2,731, in 2024 dollars. The median is $72,509 ±$761 in Montana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Montana	United States
Under $25,000	3,089 ±481	20.4% ±3.2	15.0% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,131 ±447	20.7% ±2.9	19.4% ±0.5	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,117 ±449	20.6% ±2.9	17.3% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,984 ±297	13.1% ±1.9	13.6% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,281 ±345	15.1% ±2.3	17.4% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	826 ±155	5.5% ±1.0	8.2% ±0.3	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	699 ±174	4.6% ±1.1	9.0% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Montana	United States
All ages	5,031 ±733	14.8% ±2.2	11.5% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,055 ±262	15.2% ±3.6	12.7% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,891 ±504	16.1% ±2.7	11.7% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,085 ±275	11.9% ±2.9	10.3% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Butte-Silver Bow (balance), ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Butte-Silver Bow (balance)	Montana	United States
Housing units	17,158 ±102	528,419 ±3,257	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.2% ±1.7	86.8% ±0.5	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.8% ±1.7	13.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.7% ±2.4	69.2% ±0.6	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.3% ±2.7	30.8% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$257,800 ±$14,988	$375,800 ±$3,433	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$856 ±$80	$1,081 ±$14	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1957 ±3	1981 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Montana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,646 ±13	4.7% ±<0.1	4.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	31,213 ±245	89.0% ±0.5	83.6% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 42	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	41 to 227	0.1% to 0.6%	0.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	494 ±212	1.4% ±0.6	5.3% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 9	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	18 to 122	0.1% to 0.3%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,473 ±274	4.2% ±0.8	4.7% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Montana	United States
Born in the state	24,425 ±706	69.7% ±2.0	52.1% ±0.5	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	10,061 ±709	28.7% ±2.0	44.8% ±0.4	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	50 to 216	0.1% to 0.6%	0.8% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	433 ±111	1.2% ±0.3	2.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	239 ±115	0.7% ±0.3	1.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	83 to 305	0.2% to 0.9%	1.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Butte-Silver Bow (balance) among the places of Montana

5th of 26 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Montana page.

Places of Montana near Butte-Silver Bow (balance) in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Billings city	119,434 ±59
Missoula city	76,514 ±45
Great Falls city	60,329 ±45
Bozeman city	56,114 ±33
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)	35,052 ±191
Helena city	33,639 ±59
Kalispell city	28,504 ±40
Belgrade city	11,872 ±33
Evergreen CDP	9,611 ±1,014
Havre city	9,258 ±27

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Montana by poverty rate
No. 5 Places in Montana by homeownership rate
No. 5 Places in Montana by median age
No. 6 Places in Montana by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 9 Places in Montana by foreign-born share
No. 9 Places in Montana by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026